FIVB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Mazury | 1 - 7 juillet 2013

Press release

Men start campaign as storm hits town

Stare Jablonki, Poland, July 2, 2013 – Day two of the
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013 in Stare Jablonki, Poland
saw the men in action for the first time while the women entered the second day
of pool play. An incredible storm postponed play during the afternoon but all
matches were completed including the last on centre court which finished under
the help of the lights of the advertising screens with Germany’s Sebastian
Fuchs and Thomas Kaczmarek defeating Nicholas Lucena and John Hyden of USA 2-1
(17-21, 21-16, 24-22).

Wednesday sees the final day of pool play for women
and the second day of pool action for the men.

All to play for as women’s pool play
draws to a closeTeams will be jostling for position as the final matches in women’s pool
play as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013 take place on
Wednesday. A number of sides have already won two from two and will want a
third to go into the elimination rounds full of confidence, while others will
be seeking the best result possible to secure as good a placing as they can for
the first single elimination round of 32 that takes place on Friday. More
Germans eye chance to take control of poolGerman duo Jonathan Erdmann and Kay Matysik will be aiming to seize control
of pool H when the men’s tournament at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World
Championships Mazury 2013 resumes on Wednesday. They beat Argentina’s Pablo
Bianchi and Facundo Del Coto 2-0 (21-11, 21-14) and know that if they can
defeat Venezuela’s Igor Hernandez and Jesus Villafane, who enjoyed a victory
over USA’s Todd Rogers and Ryan Doherty that they will be top of their pool
with one match remaining. More
Greece’s Vasiliki Arvaniti takes on a whole different role and starts from zero
againAfter two rounds of pool play at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Mazury 2013 triple Olympian Vasiliki Arvaniti is still empty handed. Two
matches, two defeats. The veteran Arvaniti, who took part in five earlier
editions and finished ninth in 2005, 2007 and 2009, would have been very
disappointed, but the new one is not. The 28-year old Greek player had to start
from scratch this year after her long-time partner Maria Tsiartsiani stopped
playing to have surgery on her shoulder and in the meantime fell pregnant.
Arvaniti started looking for a new partner and found one on the volleyball
court, 20-year old Panagiota ‘Penny’ Karagkouni. More
Smedins ignores fraternal bond to make winning startJanis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs made a winning start to the FIVB
Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013, but one needed to beat his
elder brother and the other his former partner to do so. Smedins was up against
his brother Toms Smedins, while Aleksandrs Samoilovs was facing Ruslans
Sorokins, the man he played with at the London 2012 Olympic Games and the fifth
seeds needed to fight back from an opening set loss to win 2-1 (18-21, 27-25,
15-12). More

Nystrom sisters shock first
seeds with two-set victoryErika and Emilia Nystrom pulled
off the first major upset of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Mazury 2013 when they earned a 2-0 (21-17, 21-14) win over first seeds Chen Xue
and Zhang Xi on day two of the women’s tournament on Tuesday. The Finnish twins
started in determined mood and quickly put the first seeds on the backfoot.
They didn’t slow down after winning the first set and built on the momentum to
nullify the threat of Chen Xue at the net and keep Zhang Xi occupied at the
back of the court. More
Austria's Barbara Hansel and Katharina Schützenhöfer claimed a spot in the
elimination phase on TuesdayMuch to their own surprise Austria’s Barbara Hansel and Katharina
Schützenhöfer booked their ticket to the elimination rounds already on the
second day of pool play at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury
2013. In a very challenging match the new team beat Swiss pair of Nadine
Zumkehr and Joana Heidrich 2-1 (17-21, 21-19, 19-17) on Tuesday after a 2-1
victory over the Netherlands on the first day. For 29-year old Hansel this is
already her best result ever at the World Championships. The experienced blocker
participated in four editions but never got past pool play before. Hansel’s
long time partner Sara Montagnolli said her goodbyes after last season and in
2013 she teamed up with talented junior player Katharina Schützenhöfer, who is
only 19 years old. More

Russia’s Ukolova and Khomyakova
are not just another one hit wonderEvgenia Ukolova and Ekaterina
Khomyakova recovered on Tuesday from their disappointing start at the FIVB
Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013. The Russian pair lost their
first match against Canada on Monday, but defeated Australia’s Mariafe Artacho
and Jessyka Ngauamo 2-1 (21-11 19-21 15-7) in their second pool play match. “We
knew we had to win today, because we lost to Canada. So today was a very
important game”, Ukolova said. In the first set they overpowered the Asian U21
Champions 21-11, but 17-year old Ngauamo and 19-year old Artacho came back
strong in the second. More

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury
2013 takes place every two years. The event in Stare Jablonki runs from July 1
to 7 with the women’s finals on Saturday and men’s finals on Sunday.

FIVB’s media services includes photos from every match
as well as live updates on Twitter #Mazury2013.

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